Nonpurchasing

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not purchasing; nonbuying. not-comparable

    "And while a cable company may justify a lower bulk rate for shareholders based upon the co-op’s guarantee of payment (or the co-op’s pledge of some other benefit to the company), Mr. Sokolski said that he doubted that this would be enough to make shareholders and nonpurchasing tenants “dissimilar” as cable subscribers."

Synonyms

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nonbuyingnonbuying

Example

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"And while a cable company may justify a lower bulk rate for shareholders based upon the co-op’s guarantee of payment (or the co-op’s pledge of some other benefit to the company), Mr. Sokolski said that he doubted that this would be enough to make shareholders and nonpurchasing tenants “dissimilar” as cable subscribers."

Etymology

From non- + purchasing.

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